Trick-carriage



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J. F. BYRNES.

TRICK CARRIAGE.

nted Nov. 27, 1888.

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TRICK CARRIAGE. No. 393,689. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. BYRNES, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

TRICK-CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,689,6ated November 27, 1888.

Application filed January 14, 1888. Serial No. 260,742. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that l, J OHN F. BYRNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London, in the State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trick-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trick-carriages, and by means of this invention theaters and shows are enabled to entertain and amuse their visitors and patrons.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figurel is a perspective View of a carriage. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 isa section in the plane a: as, Fig. 2, the parts being in different relative position from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a side View of Fig. 3, the parts being in somewhat different position from that shown in Fig. 3.

' Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a platform or floor,supported by the front axle, B, and by the rear axle, C. Two sides, DD, a back,E, a front, F, and a top,G,com pose a box. The sides, the back, and the front are hinged orjointed to the platform,and the top is hinged or jointed to one of the sides. Catches or fastening devices H are applied for connecting the upper edge of the second side and the upper edges of the back and front with the top.

When the carriage is exposed to any shock or explosion,the fastening devices are made to release the second side, as also the back and the front, whereupon the various parts move or swing apart, as indicated in Fig. 3. The carriage can thus be made to appear as if it were demolished.

I I are trick-panels. These panels are held in place by spring-hinges,which allow the panels to swing in either direction, but which, when the panels are relieved from pressure, hold the panels in their closed position. A

performer can thus slip in either direction through any of the apertures closed by said panels, the panels yielding readily for the performers passage, and springing back to their closing position when the performer has passed through said aperture. The performer is thus enabled to execute vanishing tricks or amusing feats. These trick-panels may be arranged at suitable-placesfor example, at the back, at one or both of the sides, and in the platform.

To the top G are jointed the legs J, and to a side, H, is jointed a panel or bracket, K, and when the top G is made to rest on the legs J and the bracket K is raised, the parts being brought to the position shown in Fig. 4, the device has the appearance of an easel.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a carriage, of a floor or platform supported by the front and rear axles, a box composed of two sides, a back, a front, and a top, hinge-joints for connecting the sides,the back, and the front to the platform, hinge-joints for connecting the top to one of the sides, and fastening devices for connecting the upper edge of the second side and the upper edges of the back and the front with the top.

2. The combination, with the suitably-supported platform,the sides, the back,the front, and the top, of trick-panels at one side, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the suitably-supported platform, the sides, the back,the front, and the top, of trick-panels in the platform, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the suitably-supported platform, the sides, the baek,the front, and the top, of trick-panels at the back, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the suitably-supported platform, the sides, the back,the front, and the top, one of said sides and the top being movable, of legs J and a bracket, K, jointed to said movable side and top, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN F. BYRNES. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

